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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsNYT Opinion: The Senate Should Not Confirm Kavanaugh. Signed, 650+ Law Professors (and Counting).
The following letter will be presented to the United States Senate on Oct. 4. It will be updated as more signatures are received.Judicial temperament is one of the most important qualities of a judge. As the Congressional Research Service explains, a judge requires a personality that is even-handed, unbiased, impartial, courteous yet firm, and dedicated to a process, not a result. The concern for judicial temperament dates back to our founding; in Federalist 78, titled Judges as Guardians of the Constitution, Alexander Hamilton expressed the need for the integrity and moderation of the judiciary.
We are law professors who teach, research and write about the judicial institutions of this country. Many of us appear in state and federal court, and our work means that we will continue to do so, including before the United States Supreme Court. We regret that we feel compelled to write to you, our Senators, to provide our views that at the Senate hearings on Sept. 27, Judge Brett Kavanaugh displayed a lack of judicial temperament that would be disqualifying for any court, and certainly for elevation to the highest court of this land.
The question at issue was of course painful for anyone. But Judge Kavanaugh exhibited a lack of commitment to judicious inquiry. Instead of being open to the necessary search for accuracy, Judge Kavanaugh was repeatedly aggressive with questioners. Even in his prepared remarks, Judge Kavanaugh described the hearing as partisan, referring to it as a calculated and orchestrated political hit, rather than acknowledging the need for the Senate, faced with new information, to try to understand what had transpired. Instead of trying to sort out with reason and care the allegations that were raised, Judge Kavanaugh responded in an intemperate, inflammatory and partial manner, as he interrupted and, at times, was discourteous to senators.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/10/03/opinion/kavanaugh-law-professors-letter.html
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